Step 8: Stain

Step 9: Mount and display

After hands have been stained it's time to mount them, these hands were cupped and joined together to make a bowl. With some clever bending your hand...

Give yourself a helping hand, with some hand-shaped bowls.
Made for keeping your everyday carrying things in one place when you're at home; dump your keys, phone, coins and other sundries into a pair of open hands to keep them safe. Place this hands near your front door or coffee table you're sure to have a conversation piece the next time you have visitors.

This project uses thin plywood bent with steam and shaped over large bowls, then stained with shoe polish to bring out the grain.

Step 1: Tools + materials

Though they sell plywood at most lumber stores, I would advise against using 1/2" or 1/4" variety commonly sold there. Thin plywood is easily found at craft stores, the plywood used for this project was 3mm (1/8"). They also sell 1.6mm (1/16") plywood, but I think it's too thin for this application.
My plywood sheet cost less than $3 CAD.